Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)

Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G., Mccosker, John E., Hibino, Yusuke, Loh, Kar-Hoe, Tighe, Kenneth A. & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2015, Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan, Zootaxa 4060 (1), pp. 140-189 : 169

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E57EEA21-F6D3-4032-B7B4-8FAEAD74D574
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5296199
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E987BE-FF93-BA7A-BDDA-FBA4AD6F1D31
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)
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Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781) View in CoL

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Muraena colubrina Boddaert, 1781:56 , pl. 2, fig. 3 (type locality: Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia). Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781) View in CoL : Chen & Weng, 1967:61; Chen, 1969:137; Shen 1984a:116; Chen & Yu, 1986:258; Shen et al., 1993:112; Shao et al., 2008:238; Ho et al., 2010:table 1.

Remarks. An uncommon species found over sandy bottoms or in sea grass beds near coral reef areas. It is a remarkable mimic of venomous hydrophine sea snakes (McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1993).